I appreciate all of the students who responded to my challenge and prodding
with so many wonderful memories!
2001-2002
UMS-Wright Chess Team March 22, 2002
UMS-Wright
took home trophies never won by UMS-Wright Thursday evening at the
6th and final round of the Regional Scholastic Chess League. The
C-Team won a second place trophy and maintained an undefeated season.
The B-Team won a third place trophy. Michael Owens won a coveted
“Top Board Award” as the second highest rated player in the
region among more than 290 tournament players.
UMS-Wright Players played 90 individual games under tournament pressure. The UMS-Wright players posted a individual game record of 56½ - 33½.
RANK
NAME MEET BNS GMS WINS RATING
1.
Michael "Jester" Owens 56 12 324
207.0 7371.92
2.
Matt "Master" Meduna 75 15 277
201.5 7212.46
3.
Luke "Cool Hand" Burgess 84 24 471
285.0 7150.92
4.
David "Evil Jacket" Coats 31 6 131
51.5 6801.83
5.
Andrew "Mini" MacRae 49 10 119
58.5 6611.68
6.
C.J. "Iron Chef" McMillian 47 14 134
54.0 5931.85
7.
Beko Binder 21 6 37 8.0
5811.29
8.
Ian MacRae 27 5 55 28.5
5734.52
9.
Larry Hu 26 5 74
19.0 4820.15
10.
Kenny McElhaney 43 11 140 39.0
4687.82
11.
Addison Giannini 14 5 33
8.5 3013.27
12.
Konstantin Wertelecki 7 2 23 1.0
2317.73
13.
Jeb Bailey 22 4 54
20.0 597.13
14.
Lane Elmore 43 9 179 73.0
431.61
15.
Will Clark 30 8 106
49.0 141.78
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Combining my love for competition and interest in science was something I did from early on in my career.
I also liked to do “action research” to evaluate initiatives in my class and department.
“Physics First” was a department wide change in science sequence that I wanted to implement if able to.
